G.S.R. 251(E).—In
exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 read
with clause(5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation
with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the
persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the
President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central
Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) Amendment Rules, 2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, for rule 48, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

"48, Special
Leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment -Leave upto a period of
90 days may begranted to an aggrieved female Government Servant on the
recommendation of the Internal Committee or theLocal Committee, as the
case may be, during the pendency of inquiry under the Sexual Harassment
ofWomen at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
and the leave granted to theaggrieved female Government Servant under
this rule shall not be debited against the leave account".